1995 Am-Tran Genesis Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1995 Am-Tran Genesis, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Body & structure150.0%
- Fuel system150.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS FOUR 1995 AMTRAN/INTERNATIONAL BUSES WITH BROKEN ROOF BOW WELDS. (THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM AS THE CARPENTER BUSES.) THIS PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED IN THE SPRING OF 2001. THESE DEFECTS WERE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF INTERNATIONAL, AND THROUGH THE IC BODY DIVISION, INTERNATIONAL SENT UP A REPAIRMAN IN THE SUMMER OF 2001 WHO REPAIRED EACH OF THESE BODIES IN THE FIELD. NOW 2.5 YEARS LATER THESE BODIES ARE COMING APART IN THE IDENTICAL PLACES WHERE THEY WERE REPAIRED. OUR LOCAL INTERNATIONAL DEALER, SKUBIC BROS. INT'L, HAS BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL DIRECTLY ON THIS ISSUE SINCE WE DISCOVERED IN DECEMBER 2003 THAT THESE REPAIRS DID NOT WORK AND THE WELDS WERE ONCE AGAIN BREAKING. INTERNATIONAL CONTENDS THAT THE BODIES ARE TOO OLD TO BE COVERED UNDER ANY KIND OF WARRANTY, OR EVEN THEIR "FIELD FIX" ANY LONGER. MR. CARL THOMASON AT THE IC PLANT (1-800-993-7686) SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NO RECORDS REGARDING THIS REPAIR. MR. THOMASON DID SAY THAT THE REPAIRS BACK IN 2001 WERE COVERED UNDER A "FIELD FIX" FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS DONE ONLY ON AN "AS NEEDED" BASIS. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE ONLY FIXING THE BODIES THAT CUSTOMERS COMPLAINED ABOUT. THEY APPARENTLY WERE DOING NOTHING WITH THE UNSAFE BODIES THAT CUSTOMERS WERE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT, OR AWARE OF. WE FEEL THAT THE BODIES WERE NOT PROPERLY REPAIRED BY INTERNATIONAL'S "FIELD FIX" PERSONNEL AND THE LIABILITY AND COST TO PROPERLY REPAIR THESE BUSES SHOULD FALL ON INTERNATIONAL. OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE THESE FOUR BUSES SINCE DECEMBER 2003 AND WE DO NOT HAVE PLANS ON GETTING RID OF THESE BUSES ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I AM AWARE OF A BUS COMPANY IN DULUTH, MN - VOYAGEUR BUS - THAT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 1995 AMTRAN/INTERNATIONAL BUSES. THEY WERE ALSO PART OF THE "FIELD FIX" BACK IN 2001.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
NOTICE STROLG ORDER OF DIESEL FUEL, THAN A SUDDEN LOST OF POWER, OPEN HOOD AND ABURST OF SMOKE AND DIESEL FUEL SPRAY BELEW OUT, SHUT ENGINE OFF, DUE TO SECOND FAULTY FUEL INJECTOR PUMP.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .